8 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1903- 
Uropedium, and ten years later a new and greatly enlarged edition. He is 
described by M. Cogniaux as a passionate lover of Orchids, an excellent 
cultivator, and a traveller as conscientious as he was modest and 
disinterested. 
ROBERT TUNSTILL.—We deeply regret to hear of the death of that 
young and enthusiastic Orchidist, Mr. Robert Tunstill, Monkholme,. 
Brierfield, Burnley, which took place on November 26th, after a week’s 
illness with influenza. His gardener, Mr. W. Balmforth, writes that his. 
death came as a great blow, particularly to his wife, as he was only 
43 years old, and had been married barely three years. His enthusiasm in 
Orchid culture was wonderful, and he was forming a select collection, some 
of which have been noted in our pages. He leaves a widow and infant son. 
The collection is to be sold in the spring, and in consequence his gardener, 
Mr. W. Balmforth, will then be seeking a re-engagement. 
ee 
ORCHIDS IN LEAF-MOULD. 
I HAVE been much interested in the discussion on leaf-mould, and if I had 
no other evidence before me I should begin to repot the whole of my small 
collection in this wonderful new compost. But before doing so I should be 
glad to discover whether the growing conditions of the past year have not 
been unusually favourable. In my small collection nearly all the species. 
I grow have made some wonderful growths, double and treble the previous 
year’s, and in one or two cases five times is no exaggeration. I have: 
continued to use the old peat and moss compost for potting, and have 
repotted in this several plants previously in leaf-mould. The sprayer has. 
been used freely in all the houses, and very careful attention has been paid 
to watering. All my plants are very near the glass, and I use the lath 
blinds on all the houses; double on the cool houses. I am inclined to 
attribute the successful cultivation to the superior knowledge of the require- 
-ments of the plants which our gardeners have now-a-days, if not to the 
favourable conditions of the weather of 1902. I should be glad to hear the 
experience of others on this point. 
With best wishes for a prosperous 
eleventh volume. 
AMATEUR. 
(We should be glad to have the opinion of others on these points. 
Meantime we would suggest that our correspondent should give the new 
treatment a trial before discarding entirely what has served him so well. 
We have felt bound to call attention to the results obtained with the new 
compost, but have several times advised that the two systems should be 
tried side by side. Of course the results of the new treatment are not 
limited to 1902.—Ep. | 
